Agreement
1) He is a teacher (OK)
2) They are a teacher (??)
3) They are teachers (??)
'They' is a plural pronoun and "a teacher' is a countable single noun'
I want to say that their job is a teacher, so I wrote 2). However, I'm not sure if 2) is correct or not
Sometimes it is difficult to think about agreement between a subject and a complement
Could you explain this issue?
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1 and 3 are correct. 2 is not correct. They are teachers.
- 1 and 3 are correct.
- 2 is not correct.
- They are teachers.
- The subject and the complement often agree, but there are times when they don't.
- This is fun and games.
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1 and 3 are correct. 2 is not correct. They are teachers.
The subject and the complement often agree, but there are times when they don't.
This is fun and games. The subject is singular and the complement is plural. It's a good sentence.
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2) They are a teacher (??)
3) They are teachers (??)
'They' is a plural pronoun and "a teacher' is a countable single noun'
I want to say that their job is a teacher, so I wrote 2). However, I'm not sure if 2) is correct or not
Sometimes it is difficult to think about agreement between a subject and a comp
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